Chapter 22
She was making a spectacle of herself in front of him, and it was downright rude.
Elysia took several deep breaths in the shadows, working to calm her frazzled nerves.
Seeing her regain her composure, Tarquin’s voice was icy as he demanded, “Alright, spill it. What was yesterday’s fiasco all about?”
Elysia tilted her chin defiantly and countered, “What fiasco are you talking about?”
“Who whisked you away? Where did you two fly off to after that? And, what’s your angle with me? Are you after my money or are you gunning for my life?”
Elysia was flabbergasted, “When did I ever try to get close to you? Yesterday, you came knocking at my door and hauled me away, and then the building suddenly caught fire. I took the chance to run for it. I’m not after your cash, and I certainly didn’t…”
She paused, biting her lip. If he was that brute, she might indeed want to throttle him.
“And didn’t what?” Tarquin pressed.
Elysia pouted, muttering, “Didn’t want to take
your
life!”
J
“Do you really think I’m buying any of this?” he bit back. “Well… believe it or not, I’m only telling you like it is!”
Tarquin asked, “So, where did you crash last night?”
He had sent people to the motel to look for her, but she was nowhere to be found. The motel owner aid they took off without even checking out.
With his current resources, if he couldn’t find someone in Jindale City, the biggest possibility was that man was covering their tracks well. And only someone with real skills could hide like that.
and
frosty look, and Elysia’s heart
was quite intimidating
as fierce as a little tiger, but
shrank in on herself and grumbled, “That’s my private
or are you purposefully hiding something?” he asked.
owe you…” The thought of the fifty
1/2
she huffed and pulled out her
he scratched up your car, but look at this you started it by bullying. Evan did it to stand
Tarquin glanced at the photo,
leg was covered with a large bruise. It
-
at.
that, probably your wife. That’s child abuse! I could take her to court for
Tarquin was silent.
you don’t
knew all too well what Nola was capable of. But what Nola did had nothing to do with him.
me, but your son did wreck
stared blankly and turned speechless.
a marital
bite on my wrist
on his wrist and shrank
had shifted the conversation when she was at loss of words,
leave your kids
“Clean about what?”
to me.
that I had no intention of getting close to you,
you don’t tell the
the truth!”
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